Portraying Paterno (i.e. God Incarnate on that campus) as essentially powerless when it comes to his staff is not accurate, I think. From what I heard he could have called for Sandy’s public execution on the 50 yard line, and it would have been carried out in minutes.
exactly.
You can’t have it both ways..either you are the most powerful man at Penn State or you aren’t. He did not want to resign, that’s also part of the ego that made him a great coach, but it has downsides.
I give him credit for his coaching, but there is no way he did not know about Sandusky..this wasn’t just this situation, there were many others.
so he gets credit in his legacy for his coaching, and he gets credit ,albeit at great sacrifice to him, for having this whole sordid mess brought to light of day. He could have also made a statement that he never did denouncing Sandusky and his behaviors.
Portraying Paterno (i.e. God Incarnate on that campus) as essentially powerless when it comes to his staff is not accurate, I think. From what I heard he could have called for Sandy’s public execution on the 50 yard line, and it would have been carried out in minutes.
JoPa was a gutless jerk. If that’s brought to my attention, either me or Sandusky is going to get an asswhipping. The gutless one brushed it aside for his own ego. Good riddance JoPa